Catch me if you can

Easy miles on the treadmill.

9 miles on the treadmill at work.

Met the group at the park by Lifetime.  I got there early and ran 1.5 miles before.  After the warm up with the group, we started the workout.  We ran on the trail.  We did a ladder of fast running followed by recovery.  It was really windy heading South so we did our speed with the wind and recovered into the wind.  Then I ran by myself until I hit 10.

Very easy miles on the treadmill at work.

The group was meeting at SJ soccer fields.  Jeff and I got there at the same time and warmed up for 15 minutes.  When the group got there, we did another short warm up.  Then we ran 2 x 3 miles loops with a recovery in between.

The first 3 mile loop we started South into the wind.  I stayed with the speedy people for the first mile but I couldn't hang with them for the next two miles.  7:09, 7:28 (mostly uphill), and 7:08.

The next loop we started North.  I was definitely slower this time.  7:59, 7:25, and 7:35.

My left calf has a dull ache and it hurts to touch.  I've been having this pain since during the run on Tuesday.  It makes me way nervous.   

I want to be smart and not let this calf pain turn into something that's going to keep me from running the marathon.  I ran 3 easy miles on the treadmill and stretched and iced.  I ran in my calf sleeves.  I've never had this before and I don't know if it's bad to run through it or not.  I really want to run 20 miles tomorrow.  What to do????

Yesterday I was questioning whether or not I should run 20 miles today.  I was dumb and defitinitely made the wrong choice.  My left calf and my right knee are messed up pretty good right now.

I was supposed to meet Jeff and the group at Dimple Dell at 6:00 am to run Wasatch Blvd.  When I got up at 5:00, it was pouring rain and windy.  The forcast showed it was supposed to clear up by 7:00 so Jeff and I decided to start then instead.

We started at a really nice and easy pace.  Peggy, Cheris and Michelle joined us a the church at the top of the big hill.  On the way back at about mile 12, I was running down the big hill with Peggy way faster than I should have and my calf started to really hurt.  I couldn't believe how stupid I was.  I planned on running 20 but I knew it I would better off to just end it when I got back to Dimple Dell.